DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF MIDDAY, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. CALLS FOR URGENT REVIEW AFTER POLICE FOUND TO HAVE ACTED UNLAWFULLY IN BREAKING UP AN OUT-OF-CONTROL PARTY. CRISIS AVERTED. US POLITICIANS FINALLY REACH AN AGREEMEENT ON THE DEBT CEILING. AND WHAT LURKS BENEATH. CHECK OUT THE SEA SERPENT THAT SURPRISED A SNORKELLER. POLICE HAVE BEEN FOUND TO HAVE ACTED UNLAWFULLY DURING A CALL-OUT TO A WELLINGTON PARTY IN 2009 THAT LEFT A TEENAGER WITH A BROKEN NECK. NOW THE INDEPENDENT POLICE CONDUCT AUTHORITY ARE CALLING FOR An URGENT REVIEW OF HOW POLICE DEAL WITH OUT-OF-CONTROL PARTIES. ONE NEWS REPORTER KRISTIN HALL JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM WELLINGTON. FOUR YEARS SINCE THIS MAN'S NECK WAS BROKEN INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO PROVE POLICE WRONGDOING BUT THE VICTIM CLAIMS EXCESSIVE FORCE WAS USED THE AUTHORITY FOUND POLICE FAILURE TO CONDUCT A ROBUST, THOROUGH AND TIMELY INVESTIGATION WAS UNJUSTIFIED, UNREASONABLE AND UNFAIR. NOT ONLY HAVE THE COMPLAINANTS WAITED OVER THREE YEARS BUT THE OFFICERS INVOLVED HAVE ALSO HAD THIS MATTER OUTSTANDING FOR THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME, WHICH HAS AFFECTED THEM PERSONALLY, AND IN SOME CASES, PROFESSIONALLY. DID THE IPCA MAKE ANY OTHER OBSERVATIONS? THEY SAY THEY RECEIVED 10 COMPLAINTS ABOUT POLICE FORCE THEY ALSO RELEASED COMPLAINTS OF LEAKING TO THE MEDIA THEY CALLED FOR AN URGENT REVIEW POLICE WILL FRONT UP IN AN HOUR'S TIME THANKS, KRISTIN, LIVE FROM WELLINGTON. THE THREE-WEEK STAND-OFF IN THE US SENATE IS ALL BUT OVER, AND GOVERNMENT WORKERS ARE STANDING BY TO RETURN TO THEIR JOBS. DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS HAVE STRUCK A DEAL TO REMOVE THE THREAT OF A US DEBT DEFAULT AND ARE CURRENTLY MEETING TO GET THE BILL PASSED. THE BBC'S MARK MARDELL REPORTS. THE MARKETS OPENED UP AND ROSE AGAIN WHEN NEWS CAME THROUGH OF A DEAL. THE HUGE WORRY WAS THAT THE US TREASURY WAS ABOUT TO RUN OUT OF THE ABILITY TO BORROW MONEY, SOMETHING THAT'S NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE. SOMETHING THAT WORLD LEADERS WARNED COULD PUSH THE GLOBAL ECONOMY INTO RECESSION. SO WALL STREET BREATHED A SIGH OF RELIEF AND MOVED ON. THE BIG PICTURE IS THE WORLD ECONOMY IS GETTING BETTER. THE STOCK MARKETS AROUND THE WORLD BASICALLY HAVE BEEN IMPROVING. THAT` THIS WAS INTERRUPTED OVER THE PAST MONTH BECAUSE OF THE CLOWNS THAT WE HAVE IN CONGRESS. IT WAS AN ANXIOUS, NERVOUS CONGRESS THAT MET THIS MORNING. AFTER WEEKS OF NAME-CALLING, REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS HAVE COME TOGETHER. THIS HAS BEEN A LONG, CHALLENGING FEW WEEKS FOR CONGRESS AND FOR THE COUNTRY. IT'S MY HOPE THAT, TODAY, WE CAN PUT SOME OF THOSE MOST URGENT ISSUES BEHIND US. IF THERE WAS NO DEAL, THE US GOVERNMENT SAYS IT WOULD RUN OUT OF THE ABILITY TO BORROW MONEY TOMORROW. WITH JUST $30B CASH IN HAND, IT COULD SOON BE UNABLE TO PAY ITS BILLS. THERE ARE SOME KEY DEADLINES. ON OCTOBER THE 23RD, THERE WAS PENSION PAYMENTS TO BE MADE. ON OCTOBER THE 25TH, FEDERAL SALARIES ARE DUE. ON OCTOBER THE 31ST, INTEREST HAS TO BE PAID ON SOME GOVERNMENT BONDS. LIKE TO GET BACK TO WORK. OUTSIDE CONGRESS, PROTESTERS SHOUT AT THE POLITICIANS. THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IS A SEPARATE RESULT OF THIS CRISIS, WHICH HAS MEANT THOUSANDS OF WORKERS BEING SENT HOME. MANY AMERICANS DESPAIR THAT POLITICIANS HAVE WILFULLY DAMAGED THE ECONOMY. IT'S LIKE A BUNCH OF KIDS WHO WANT WHAT THEY WANT, AND THEY THROW TEMPER TANTRUMS AND THIS` THIS ISN'T THE WAY TO RUN A GOVERNMENT. YEAH, IT STINKS. IT'S EMBARRASSING. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO WORK. I UNDERSTAND PEOPLE DISAGREE, BUT YOU KNOW, FIND A DIFFERENT WAY TO DO IT. PART OF THE DEAL IS INTENDED TO MAKE FUTURE BUDGET-MAKING LESS DRAMATIC, BUT IT'S NOT CERTAIN CONGRESS HAS LOST ITS TASTE FOR GOVERNMENT BY CRISIS. THE LEN BROWN SEX SAGA CONTINUES, WITH NEW CLAIMS FROM THE BLOG SITE THAT BROKE THE STORY THAT THE AUCKLAND MAYOR HELPED HIS MISTRESS GET A JOB. THIS AS LEN BROWN'S DAUGHTERS SPEAK OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME. BRIAR WELLS REPORTS. THE FALLOUT FROM THE LEN BROWN SEX SCANDAL CONTINUES. THIS MORNING, FRESH CLAIMS FROM THE MAN WHO BLEW THE WHISTLE ON THE AFFAIR. WELL, THIS MORNING, I'VE RELEASED ON`ON THE WEBSITE A NEW REVELATION THAT LEN BROWN ASSISTED HER, ACTED AS A REFEREE AND ACTUALLY TOOK A CALL FROM THE` FROM THE ART GALLERY TO ASSIST HER INTO GETTING A JOB. HE WAS ALREADY IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH HER. CAMERON SLATER SAYS THERE IS POLITICAL PRECEDENT THAT COULD SEE LEN BROWN STEP ASIDE. IF YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORY THAT WE'VE GOT HERE, NICK SMITH LOST HIS JOB FOR HELPING, UH, UM, ONE OF HIS MISTRESSES INTO A JOB. YOU HAD RICHARD WORTH, UH, SACKED AS A MINISTER AND LEFT- LEFT PARLIAMENT FOR MUCH LESS THAN WHAT LEN BROWN HAS DONE. THE WOMAN AT THE CENTRE OF THE AFFAIR, BEVAN CHUANG, IS SAID TO BE FEELING THE PRESSURE. BUT THE BLOGGER USED TO CREATING CONTROVERSY SAYS HE GAVE HER FAIR WARNING OF THE PUBLICITY STORM IF SHE WENT PUBLIC. I ALWAYS THINK THAT THE GIRLFRIENDS OR THE BOYFRIENDS AR-ARE THE INNOCENTS IN ANY` ANY OF THIS. THE POLITICAL PLAYERS ARE FAIR GAME. THEY'RE PLAYING THE GAME. THEY'VE BUILT THEIR HOUSE OF CARDS ON DECEIT AND LIES AND ALL OF THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. THE OTHER WOMEN AFFECTED BY THE SCANDAL, HIS THREE DAUGHTERS, HAVE TODAY RELEASED A STATEMENT, VOWING TO STAND BY THEIR FATHER NOW MORE THAN EVER BEFORE. WITH A WARNING THERE IS MORE STILL TO COME IN THIS SAGA. ALL RIGHT. I DON'T THINK THIS IS GOING TO REST HERE, IS IT? > IT'S NOT. WHETHER AUCKLANDERS WILL CONTINUE TO CALL LEN BROWN MAYOR REMAINS TO BE SEEN. BRIAR WELLS, ONE NEWS. THE CLEAN UP-OPERATION IN WANGANUI IS WELL UNDERWAY AS THE WEATHER CLEARS. EVACUATED RESIDENTS SPENT THEIR FIRST NIGHT BACK IN THEIR HOMES AFTER THE WHANGANUI RIVER BURST ITS BANKS FOLLOWING TWO DAYS OF HEAVY RAIN. FARMERS IN THE REGION'S HIGH COUNTRY ARE ALSO IN CLEAN-UP MODE AFTER THE WORST FLOODING SINCE THE 1940S CAUSED SLIPS AND BUILDINGS TO BE SUBMERGED. CRASH INVESTIGATORS WILL RETURN TO THE SCENE OF AN ACCIDENT IN HAMILTON LAST NIGHT THAT'S CLAIMED THE LIFE OF ONE WOMAN AND LEFT HER TWO CHILDREN INJURED. THE CAR VEERED OFF WAINGARO RD JUST BEFORE 10PM. THE ALERT WAS RAISED BY THE WOMAN'S PARTNER WHEN SHE AND THE CHILDREN FAILED TO ARRIVE HOME FROM HAMILTON. THE TWO CHILDREN ARE BEING TREATED IN WAIKATO HOSPITAL. THE WIFE OF HIGH-PROFILE BARRISTER GREG KING SAYS HIS SELF-INFLICTED DEATH IS A BY-PRODUCT OF HIS RECOGNISED GENIUS. A CORONER'S REPORT HAS FOUND MR KING WAS IN A STATE OF DEEP DEPRESSION AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH NEARLY ONE YEAR AGO. MR KING IS MOST WELL-KNOWN FOR SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDING EWEN MACDONALD IN THE SCOTT GUY MURDER TRIAL, WHICH HIS WIFE SAYS SPARKED A MORE INTENSE BREAKDOWN THAN SHE'D SEEN BEFORE. SEGMENTS OF A NOTE HE LEFT FOR HIS FAMILY SAY HE WAS EXHAUSTED, UNWELL, DISILLUSIONED, DEPRESSED AND HAUNTED. A CHRISTCHURCH MAN WHO ADMITTED MURDERING HIS NEIGHBOUR AFTER AN ONGOING DISPUTE HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON. COLIN ALBERT HOANI (59) WON'T BE ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE FOR AT LEAST 10 YEARS AFTER STABBING VALMAI JEAN MCFIE 17 TIMES OUTSIDE HER COUNCIL FLAT IN SPREYDON IN JULY. THE COURT HEARD THAT THE VICTIM HAD CONTACTED POLICE AND THE CITY COUNCIL ABOUT DISPUTES WITH HOANI PRIOR TO THE KILLING. HER FAMILY SAY THE MURDER HAD BEEN DEVASTATING. IT'S ONE THING TO HAVE TO ACCEPT THAT COLIN HOANI A MONSTER AND KILLED MY AUNT AND THAT THIS WILL REMAIN A SOURCE OF ANGST FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES. BUT IT IS ANOTHER THAT I HAVE TO DEAL WITH, KNOWING THAT SOMETHING COULD HAVE BEEN DONE TO PREVENT IT. COLIN HOANI, MAY YOUR DAYS BE PAINFUL AND LONG. JUSTICE GRAEME PANKHURST SAID THERE WERE NO MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS THAT COULD EXPLAIN THE OFFENDING, ALTHOUGH THE EARLY GUILTY PLEA WAS A MITIGATING FACTOR IN SENTENCING. UN BACKED TALKS WITH IRAN OVER ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAMME HAVE BEEN DESCRIBED AS THE MOST DETAILED EVER. IRAN HAS BEEN MEETING WITH THE FIVE PERMANENT MEMBERS OF THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AND GERMANY IN GENEVA. THE TALKS COME LESS THAN A MONTH AFTER US PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA AND IRANIAN PRESIDENT HASSAN ROUHANI TALKED BY PHONE IN THE HIGHEST LEVEL CONTACT BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES IN DECADES. RESCUERS IN THE PHILIPPINES ARE CONTINUING TO DIG THROUGH RUBBLE TWO DAYS AFTER A 7.2 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE STRUCK THE CENTRE OF THE COUNTRY, KILLING AT LEAST 144 PEOPLE. THE QUAKE HAS ALSO BEEN A BLOW TO THE REGION'S HISTORICAL AND RELIGIOUS LEGACY, WITH MORE THAN A DOZEN CHURCHES, SOME OF THEM HUNDREDS OF YEARS OLD, HEAVILY DAMAGED. 300 PEOPLE WERE INJURED AND 23 ARE STILL MISSING. DIVERS HAVE RECOVERED WHAT'S BELIEVED TO BE A HALF-TON CHUNK OF THE SPACE ROCK THAT EXPLODED OVER A RUSSIAN CITY EARLIER THIS YEAR. IT'S THE FIRST TIME A METEOR HAS BEEN FILMED AND THEN RECOVERED, AS THE BBC'S DAVID SHUCKMAN REPORTS. ACROSS THE DAWN'S SKY OF RUSSIA LAST FEBRUARY WAS THE DAZZLING, TERRIFYING SIGHT OF A ROCK THE SIZE OF A HOUSE HURDLING IN FROM SPACE. AS IT BROKE APART, THERE WERE SHOCKWAVES WITH THE POWER OF A NUCLEAR WEAPON. BOOM! GLASS SHATTERS THE BLAST SHATTERED WINDOWS. 1600 PEOPLE NEEDED TREATMENT, AND NO ONE KNEW THIS WAS COMING. TODAY, AT A LAKE NEARBY, THERE WAS AN UNDERWATER OPERATION TO RETRIEVE THE LARGEST FRAGMENT FOUND SO FAR. IT'S TAKEN MONTHS TO LOCATE IT. THE BLACKENED SURFACED AND ROUNDED EDGES OF THE ROCK ARE SIGNATURES OF INTENSE HEAT AND MELTING. IT WAS THE VIOLENT BIRTH OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM THAT CREATED ROCKS LIKE THIS. IF THEY REACH EARTH, MOST BURN UP IN THE ATMOSPHERE, BUT A FEW DO GET THROUGH. METEORITES ARE EVIDENCE THAT WE LIVE IN A VERY CROWDED CORNER OF SPACE. SO THE ROCK IN RUSSIA WILL BE REALLY VALUABLE. WE CAN UNDERSTAND ITS BEHAVIOUR AS IT WAS HURDLING THROUGH EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE AT ABOUT 46,000MPH. AND WE CAN ACTUALLY PULL THIS PIECE OUT OF THE LAKE AND LOOK AT ITS COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE IN VERY VERY FINE DETAIL. NEVER BEFORE HAS A METEORITE BEEN FILMED AND THEN FOUND. AND THE MORE WE KNOW ABOUT THESE POTENTIAL THREATS FROM SPACE, THE BETTER. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL HAVE THE MARKET REACTION TO THE US DEBT DEAL. WE'LL TELL YOU THE FAMILIAR FACES BACK IN THE ALL BLACKS SIDE TO FACE AUSTRALIA. AND EQUESTRIAN JOCK PAGET BREAKS HIS SILENCE ON THE HORSE DRUG CONTROVERSY. 1 WITH ME NOW IS BELINDA STANLEY FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. GOOD AFTERNOON, BELINDA. THIS ITEM WILL BE CAPTIONED LIVE. FOR MORE, GO TO ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND CLICK ON 'BUSINESS'. RELIEF ON THE MARKETS ABOUT DEBT DEAL BEING DONE? ALL EYES BEING ON THE DEADLINE FOR THE US TO REOPEN THE GOVERNMENT S&P INDEX ALMOST BACK UP TO RECORD HIGHS OF MID-SEPTEMBER THAT RISKY SCENARIO HAS BEEN OFFSET RESTAURANT BRANDS' HALF-YEAR REPORT ` HOW IT'S FARING. THEIR HALF-YEAR PROFIT OF $8.8M COMPETITION IS TOUGH LOTS OF DISCOUNTING GOING ON HAVING AN IMPACT OF THEIR MARGINS CARLS JNR ESTABLISHMENT COSTS BUT PIZZA HUT LOOKING GOOD STOCK UP 2C THANK YOU. BELINDA STANLEY FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. THE ALL BLACKS HAVE NAMED A STRONG TEAM, WITH A NOD TO THE FUTURE, TO FACE THE WALLABIES IN THE FINAL BLEDISLOE CUP TEST IN DUNEDIN. AS EXPECTED, BEN SMITH MOVES FROM WING TO CENTRE, WITH CORY JANE RETURNING FROM INJURY. AARON CRUDEN RETAINS THE FIRST FIVE-EIGHTH JERSEY AHEAD OF BEAUDEN BARRETT. AND THERE'S A STARTING DEBUT FOR LOCK JEREMY THRUSH. BRODIE RETALLICK MOVES ON TO THE BENCH, AS DOES TOM TAYLOR, TAKING CHARLES PIUTAU'S SPOT. AND THERE'S NO ROOM FOR VETERAN HOOKER ANDREW HORE. MAX BANIA HAS MORE. BEN SMITH'S THE CENTRE OF ATTENTION AS HE PREPARES FOR HIS LATEST PROMOTION. I'M JUST GONNA WORK WITH MA'A A LOT, AND OBVIOUSLY CJ AND JULIAN OUTSIDE ME. SO PROBABLY JUST FITTING IN WITH WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND THAT KIND OF THING AND JUST A LOT OF THE COMMUNICATION WITH THOSE GUYS. THE COACH IS CONFIDENT HIS MOST POTENT ATTACKING WEAPON ON THE WING CAN HANDLE THE DEFENSIVE WORKLOAD OF PLAYING CENTRE. WE WOULDN'T PUT HIM THERE IF WE DIDN'T THINK HE WAS UP TO IT. YES, THERE WILL BE TIMES WHEN IT'S NEW FOR HIM, BUT WE THINK HE'S GOT THE SKILL SET TO DO THE JOB. CORY JANE'S EXPERIENCE SEES HIM LEAPFROG CHARLES PIUTAU TO TAKE SMITH'S SPOT ON THE WING ` ALSO TAKING INSPIRATION FROM HIS RED-HOT FORM. I DON'T KNOW IF HE KNOWS THIS, BUT LAST NIGHT WHEN HE WAS ASLEEP, I SNUCK INTO HIS ROOM AND I SPOONED WITH HIM, JUST TO TRY TO ABSORB SOME OF THAT FORM HE'S HAD ALL YEAR. HE DOESN'T KNOW THAT, BUT IT WAS JUST A GENTLE CUDDLE. IN THE FORWARDS, THERE IS A HINT OF THE OLD R-WORD ` ROTATION; LOCK JEREMY THRUSH MAKES HIS RUN-ON DEBUT, GIVING WORKHORSE BRODIE RETALLICK A REST. YEAH, THEY'D BEEN PLAYING WELL AND OUTSTANDING, SO, YOU KNOW, I GUESS I'VE GOT TO LIVE UP TO THAT ROLE AND JUST PLAY MY GAME AND MAKE SURE I DO MY THINGS RIGHT, SO, YOU KNOW, I CAN PUT PRESSURE ON THEM. WHILE KEVEN MEALAMU'S EXTRA MOBILITY EARNS HIM HIS FIRST START OF THE YEAR IN HIS 109TH TEST. IT'S BEEN A DIFFERENT SEASON FOR ME, BUT STILL EXCITED AND PROBABLY STILL FEEL THE SAME WAY THRUSHY FEELS AS WELL. THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER MILESTONE FOR THE AGELESS CAPTAIN. RICHIE MCCAW WILL PLAY HIS 32ND TEST AGAINST THE WALLABIES ` THE MOST FOR ANY ONE PLAYER AGAINST ANOTHER COUNTRY. MAX BANIA, ONE NEWS. TOP NZ EQUESTRIAN JOCK PAGET SAYS HE'S SHOCKED HIS HORSE FAILED A DRUGS TEST, AND HE'S NOT RULING OUT FOUL PLAY. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT GARTH BRAY SPOKE TO THE CHAMPION HORSEMAN. IN THE JARGON OF EQUESTRIAN SPORT, THE FENCE AND JUMPS ARE KNOWN AS QUESTIONS. FINDING ANSWERS IS JOCK PAGET'S FORTE. FACING QUESTIONS ABOUT BANNED SUBSTANCES IS HIS AND ANY RIDER'S NIGHTMARE. (SIGHS) YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS DEVASTATING NEWS. IT'S COME TO ME AS A COMPLETE SHOCK. AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF HIGHS AND LOWS IN THIS SPORT, AND YOU TRY AND PREPARE FOR ANYTHING AS BEST YOU CAN, BUT, UM, I'M TOTALLY UNPREPARED FOR THIS. AFTER CLIFTON PROMISE TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE BANNED SEDATIVE RESERPINE, THE QUESTION HE AND EVERYONE WANTS ANSWERED IS HOW DID IT GET THERE. SOME PEOPLE NOW SEEM TO BE SUGGESTING > FOUL PLAY MIGHT BE A PART OF THIS. > I THINK AT THIS STAGE OF THE GAME, WE CAN'T RULE ANYTHING OUT, BUT I WOULD SINCERELY LIKE TO THINK THAT THAT'S NOT HAPPENED. ONE NEWS PUT THOSE QUESTIONS TO BURGHLEY HORSE TRIAL ORGANISERS ` IS SECURITY AT THE EVENT TIGHT ENOUGH, AND WHAT DID THEY MAKE OF FOUL PLAY SUGGESTIONS FROM A SENIOR NZ OFFICIAL AND FROM THE OWNER OF CLIFTON PROMISE. ANSWERS CAME THERE NONE. JOCK PAGET HAS ASKED THE QUESTION OF SPORTING OFFICIALS ` RETEST THE B SAMPLE. ANSWERS ARE EXPECTED BY THE END OF THE MONTH. BUT HE'S PREPARING HIMSELF FOR MORE BAD NEWS. IF RESULTS CONFIRM THE POSITIVE TEST, HE'S FACING A TRIBUNAL AND POSSIBLY SIX MONTHS TO TWO YEARS OUT OF COMPETITION. THIS PRACTICE RING AT HIS SURREY STABLES WILL HAVE TO BE JOCK PAGET'S OUTLET FOR THE NEXT WEEKS, POSSIBLY MONTHS, AS HE FIGHTS THIS COMPETITION BAN AND THE TEAM TRIES TO UNDERSTAND HOW CLIFTON PROMISE MAY HAVE WOUND UP WITH A BANNED SUBSTANCE IN HIS SYSTEM. JOCK PAGET'S WORK NOW IS HELPING THIS SCIENTIST TO TEST EVERYTHING HIS HORSES HAVE TOUCHED BEFORE HE CAN HOPE TO GET BACK TO FACING THE QUESTIONS LIKE THIS THAT HE HAS EXCELLED AT ANSWERING. GARTH BRAY, ONE NEWS, SURREY. CRICKET NOW, AND INDIA HAVE STUNNED AUSTRALIA BY PULLING OFF THE SECOND BIGGEST RUN-CHASE IN ONE-DAY INTERNATIONAL HISTORY. SET A MAMMOTH 360 FOR VICTORY, ROHIT SHARMA AND VIRAT KOHLI BOTH SMASHED CENTURIES TO WIN BY NINE WICKETS AND WITH 39 BALLS TO SPARE. 400 WAS POSSIBLE. NOW THAT MIGHT GO ALL THE WAY. WELL PLAYED, ROHIT SHARMA. WELL PLAYED, VIRAT KOHLI. AND, INDIA, YOU'VE DONE SOMETHING ABSOLUTELY DRAMATIC TODAY. THE BEST-OF-SEVEN SERIES IS NOW TIED AT 1-1. A MAN WHO LIKES A FLUTTER ON SPORTS WILL BANK MORE THAN $200,000 FOR HAVING FAITH IN HIS INFANT GRANDSON'S FOOTBALLING FUTURE. IN 2000, PETER EDWARDS TOOK OUT A $95 BET THAT HIS THEN 18-MONTH-OLD GRANDSON WOULD ONE DAY PLAY SOCCER FOR WALES. THE ODDS WERE 2500-1, SO WHEN HARRY WILSON (16), HERE ON THE LEFT, MADE HIS INTERNATIONAL DEBUT LAST NIGHT, GRANDAD WON BIG. HARRY IS THE YOUNGEST PLAYER TO EVER REPRESENT WALES, AND GRANDAD'S GOING TO RETIRE ON HIS WINNINGS. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. A SEA MONSTER'S DRAGGED FROM THE DEEP, THANKS TO THE EFFORTS OF A SURPRISED SNORKELLER. NOW TO THE WEATHER. A HIGH SPREADS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NORTH ISLAND. A TROUGH IS APPROACHING THE SOUTH ISLAND FROM THE TASMAN. HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER FIORDLAND LATER. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ TO THE TOP STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ TO THE TOP STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE. THE WIFE OF HIGH-PROFILE LAWYER GREG KING SAYS DEFENDING EWEN MACDONALD IN THE SCOTT GUY MURDER TRIAL LED TO A MORE INTENSE BREAKDOWN THAN SHE HAD EVER SEEN BEFORE. LEN BROWN'S MISTRESS, BEVAN CHUANG, IS CALLING FOR POLITICAL PLAYERS TO STOP HARASSING HER AS THE FALLOUT FROM THE AUCKLAND MAYOR'S EXTRA-MARITAL AFFAIR CONTINUES. AND JOSE MANUEL RIELLA (103) HAS PROMISED ETERNAL LOVE TO HIS BRIDE MARTINA LOPEZ (99), IN ONE OF THE OLDEST WEDDING CEREMONIES TO EVER BE HELD. FINALLY AT MIDDAY, A QUIET SWIM OFF THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA TURNED INTO SOMETHING OUT OF A MOVIE FOR ONE SWIMMER, WHO HAD A FACE-TO-FACE ENCOUNTER WITH A 5.5M-LONG SEA MONSTER THAT'S RARELY BEEN SEEN BY HUMANS. AND TO PROVE IT WAS FACT AND NOT FICTION, HE DRAGGED IT TO SHORE. THE ABC'S NICK WATT REPORTS. A SNORKELLER OFF THE COAST OF CATALINA ISLAND JUST CAME FACE TO FACE WITH THIS ` A FISH WITH AN EYE THE SIZE OF A GROWN MAN'S FIST. (SCREAMS) OH MY GOODNESS ` IS THIS 'DEEP RISING',... (SCREAMS) ...'OPEN WATER',... (PANTS) OH GOD. ...AND '20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA' ALL ROLLED INTO ONE? THE BRAVE SNORKELLER WHO HAPPENS TO WORK FOR THE CATALINA ISLAND MARINE INSTITUTE DRAGGED THE DEAD SEA MONSTER TO SHORE BY ITS TAIL, WHERE IT TOOK 15 PEOPLE TO PICK IT UP FOR THIS PHOTO. WHAT IN THE NAME OF NEPTUNE IS THIS THING? THESE CREATURES ARE ACTUALLY FOUND IN THE DEEP SEA, ABOUT 3000FT DEEP. OARFISH, THE LONGEST BONY FISH KNOWN TO MAN, CAN REACH 56FT LONG, AND THEY LIVE MORE THAN A HALF MILE DOWN BENEATH THE WAVES. AND THIS ONE AT CATALINA IS A RELATIVE TIDDLER AT 18FT. THIS RIGHT HERE IS THE FIRST EVER FOOTAGE OF A LIVING OARFISH IN ITS NATURAL HABITAT, FILMED BY THE GULF SERPENT PROJECT AT LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY. SO WHAT WILL THE PEOPLE OF CATALINA DO WITH THEIR SEA MONSTER? WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE OARFISH AND KEEP ITS SKELETON. A MEMENTO OF THE ONE THAT DID NOT GET AWAY. THANKS FOR WATCHING MIDDAY. THE ONE NEWS TEAM WILL HAVE THE LATEST TONIGHT AT 6. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY JOHN LING AND AMY PARK. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.